The ’90s produced some fantastic sci-fi movies. The decade saw The Matrix, The Fifth Element, 12 Monkeys, Jurassic Park, Starship Troopers, and many more. Not every movie that came out of the decade was a banger though. For every eXistenZ or Star Trek: First Contact, there was a Lawnmower Man 2 or Judge Dredd.
But since the decade infused new technologies into filmmaking, we saw a large influx of sci-fi content. So there were plenty of watch-worthy movies that may have gone under the radar or just didn’t get the love they deserved.
Looking back at some sci-fi movies from the ’90s, we found a few classic sci-fi movies you might have missed or ones that are way too underrated in our book. Check some of them out below. And if you’re in the market for more sci-fi movies, check out some brainy sci-fi movies, the best sci-fi movies of 2021, and 37 things you might not know about The Matrix.


